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Early German gay liberation material by Adolf Brand (1874-1945), one of the leading and most controversial activists who founded, edited and published the first homosexual journal anywhere, Der Eigene. In 1903, he and a few of his friends founded the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen which was the second gay ogranization in the world. This collection contains 6 pamplets surrounding the activities of Gemeinschaft der Eigenen and one autographed signed letter to Dr. Frank Thiess, all written by Brand.